撒母耳記下

第 1 章

1. 掃羅死後、大衛擊殺亞瑪力人回來、在洗革拉住了兩天.
After the death of Saul, David returned from defeating the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.
2. 第三天、有一人從掃羅的營裡出來、衣服撕裂、頭蒙灰塵、到大衛面前伏地叩拜。
On the third day a man arrived from Saul's camp, with his clothes torn and with dust on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him honor.
3. 大衛問他說、你從哪裡來、他說、我從以色列的營裡逃來。
"Where have you come from?" David asked him. He answered, "I have escaped from the Israelite camp."
4. 大衛又問他說、事情怎樣、請你告訴我.他回答說、百姓從陣上逃跑、也有許多人仆倒死亡、掃羅和他兒子約拿單也死了。
"What happened?" David asked. "Tell me." He said, "The men fled from the battle. Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead."
5. 大衛問報信的少年人說、你怎麼知道掃羅和他兒子約拿單死了呢。
Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?"
6. 報信的少年人說、我偶然到基利波山、看見掃羅伏在自己槍上、有戰車、馬兵、緊緊的追他。
"I happened to be on Mount Gilboa," the young man said, "and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and riders almost upon him.
7. 他回頭看見我、就呼叫我、我說、我在這裡.
When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, 'What can I do?'
8. 他問我說、你是甚麼人、我說、我是亞瑪力人.
"He asked me, 'Who are you?' "'An Amalekite,' I answered.
9. 他說、請你來將我殺死、因為痛苦抓住我、我的生命尚存。
"Then he said to me, 'Stand over me and kill me! I am in the throes of death, but I'm still alive.'
10. 我準知他仆倒必不能活、就去將他殺死、把他頭上的冠冕、臂上的鐲子、拿到我主這裡。
"So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band on his arm and have brought them here to my lord."
11. 大衛就撕裂衣服、跟隨他的人也是如此。
Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them.
12. 而且悲哀、哭號、禁食到晚上、是因掃羅和他兒子約拿單、並耶和華的民以色列家的人、倒在刀下。
They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
13. 大衛問報信的少年人說、你是那裡的人、他說、我是亞瑪力客人的兒子。
David said to the young man who brought him the report, "Where are you from?" "I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite," he answered.
14. 大衛說、你伸手殺害耶和華的受膏者、怎麼不畏懼呢。
David asked him, "Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?"
15. 大衛叫了一個少年人來、說、你去殺他罷。
Then David called one of his men and said, "Go, strike him down!" So he struck him down, and he died.
16. 大衛對他說、你流人血的罪、歸到自己的頭上、因為你親口作見證、說、我殺了耶和華的受膏者.少年人就把他殺了。
For David had said to him, "Your blood be on your own head. Your own mouth testified against you when you said, 'I killed the LORD'S anointed.'"
17. 大衛作哀歌、弔掃羅和他兒子約拿單.
David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan,
18. 且吩咐將這歌教導猶大人.這歌名叫弓歌、寫在雅煞珥書上。
and ordered that the men of Judah be taught this lament of the bow (it is written in the Book of Jashar):
19. 歌中說、以色列阿、你尊榮者在山上被殺.大英雄何竟死亡。
"Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!
20. 不要在迦特報告、不要在亞實基倫街上傳揚、免得非利士的女子歡樂、免得未受割禮之人的女子矜誇。
"Tell it not in Gath, proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines be glad, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised rejoice.
21. 基利波山哪、願你那裡沒有雨露.願你田地無土產可作供物.因為英雄的盾牌、在那裡被污丟棄.掃羅的盾牌、彷彿未曾抹油。
"O mountains of Gilboa, may you have neither dew nor rain, nor fields that yield offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul--no longer rubbed with oil.
22. 約拿單的弓箭、非流敵人的血不退縮.掃羅的刀劍、非剖勇士的油不收回。
From the blood of the slain, from the flesh of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, the sword of Saul did not return unsatisfied.
23. 掃羅和約拿單、活時相悅相愛、死時也不分離.他們比鷹更快、比獅子還強。
"Saul and Jonathan--in life they were loved and gracious, and in death they were not parted. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
24. 以色列的女子阿、當為掃羅哭號.他曾使你們穿朱紅色的美衣、使你們衣服有黃金的妝飾。
"O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and finery, who adorned your garments with ornaments of gold.
25. 英雄何竟在陣上仆倒.約拿單何竟在山上被殺。
"How the mighty have fallen in battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.
26. 我兄約拿單哪、我為你悲傷.我甚喜悅你、你向我發的愛情奇妙非常、過於婦女的愛情。
I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women.
27. 英雄何竟仆倒、戰具何竟滅沒。
"How the mighty have fallen! The weapons of war have perished!"